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Reflection On This

July 25, 2016 — 26 Comments

Great Blue Heron 4

F/6.3, 1/100, ISO 320.

Great Blue Heron

How do you prevent a Summer cold?

Catch it in the Winter!

Interesting Fact: The white form of the Great Blue Heron, known as the “great white heron,” is found nearly exclusively in shallow marine waters along the coast of very southern Florida, the Yucatan Peninsula, and in the Caribbean. Where the dark and white forms overlap in Florida, intermediate birds known as “Wurdemann’s herons” can be found. They have the body of a Great Blue Heron, but the white head and neck of the great white heron. (  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/lifehistory )

Day And Night

July 20, 2016 — 14 Comments

Moth

F/8.0, 1/200, ISO 100.

Skipper Butterfly

Why did the boy throw butter out the window?

To see butter fly. 

Interesting Fact: A skipper or skipper butterfly is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. They are named after their quick, darting flight habits. More than 3500 species of skippers are recognized, and they occur worldwide, but with the greatest diversity in the Neotropical regions of Central and South America. ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_(butterfly) ) 

Now That Is Fresh Sushi

July 19, 2016 — 15 Comments

Great Egret

F/6.3, 1/640, ISO 200.

Great Egret

What kind of music should you listen to while fishing?

Something catchy!

Interesting Fact: The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society, one of the oldest environmental organizations in North America. Audubon was founded to protect birds from being killed for their feathers.  ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_egret/lifehistory )

 

Got You!

July 18, 2016 — 9 Comments

Bumblebee

F/8.0, 1/125, ISO 320.

Bumblebee

Why do bees hum?

Because they’ve forgotten the words!

Interesting Fact: Bumblebees eat pollen and nectar collected from various flowers. They produce minimal amount of honey that is used as food for the young bumblebees. ( http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/bumblebee_facts/582/ )

“Peace Is Not Merely A Distant Goal That We Seek, But A Means By Which We Arrive At That Goal.”

July 16, 2016 — 9 Comments

Mourning Dove 1

F/10.0, 1/400, ISO 160.

Mourning Dove

Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?

She wanted to stretch her legs.

Interesting Fact: Mourning Doves eat roughly 12 to 20 percent of their body weight per day, or 71 calories on average. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourning_Dove/lifehistory )

I Have Evil Plan

July 13, 2016 — 24 Comments

Chipmunk

F/6.3, 1/125, ISO 320.

Chipmunk

Two men went hunting. One had been an avid hunter; hunting all his life, the other man was a city boy; hunting for the first time.

The avid hunter told city boy to sit down and not make a sound. So he did.

But when the first man got 100 yards away, he heard a scream.

“I thought I told you to be quiet!” he said.

“I was when the snake bit me,” the man said.

“And I was when the bear attacked me. But when the two chipmunks crawled up my pant leg and said, ‘Should we eat or take them with us,’ I screamed.”

Interesting Fact: Although chipmunks hibernate, they do not store fat. Instead they slowly gnaw away at their summer bounty throughout the winter. ( http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/chipmunk/ )

Why You Looking At Me Like That?!

July 4, 2016 — 6 Comments

Happy 4th Of July!

Bald Eagle

F/6.3, 1/320, ISO 200.

Bald Eagle

What do you call a sick eagle?

Ill-eagle!

Interesting Fact: Had Benjamin Franklin prevailed, the U.S. emblem might have been the Wild Turkey. In 1784, Franklin disparaged the national bird’s thieving tendencies and its vulnerability to harassment by small birds. “For my own part,” he wrote, “I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. … Besides he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the District.”  ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bald_Eagle/lifehistory )

 

Look Out I’m A Biter!

June 28, 2016 — 14 Comments

Shark Week 2016

Bull Shark

F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 320.

Deadliest Shark In The World

Bull Shark ( Baby )

For five years, two sharks and a dolphin have worked side by side every day as window washers, and every night after work they stopped for a drink. One day, disaster struck, and the dolphin fell to his death. The police came to the site and began asking questions. “Where does he live?” The sharks shrugged their shoulders. “Is he married?” The sharks didn’t know. “What is his name?” The sharks shrugged again. “You worked with this guy for five years and you don’t know anything about him?” the cop asked. “I know something about him,” one shark volunteered. “He has two assholes.” “What are you talking about?” said the cop. “Well,” said the shark, “Whenever we go for a drink after work the bartended says, ‘Here comes the dolphin with the two assholes.'”

Interesting Fact:  Bull sharks are aggressive, common, and usually live near high-population areas like tropical shorelines. They are not bothered by brackish and freshwater, and even venture far inland via rivers and tributaries. ( http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bull-shark/ )

 

You Goat It Dude!

June 27, 2016 — 14 Comments

Goats

F/6.0, 1/800, ISO 200.

Goats

How do you keep a goat from charging?

You take his credit card away!

Interesting Fact: Goats are very intelligent and curious animals. Their inquisitive nature is exemplified in their constant desire to explore and investigate anything unfamiliar which they come across. ( http://www.onekind.org/education/animals_a_z/goat )

Thank You For Bearing With Me

June 26, 2016 — 19 Comments

Black Bear

F/6.0, 1/40, ISO 500.

American Black Bear

How do you catch a fish without a fishing pole?

With your BEAR hands.

Interesting Fact: Black bears are not true hibernators. During their winter dormant period, though, they do not eat, drink, urinate, or defecate, but may wake up if disturbed. ( http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/black-bear/ )